This, along with all my other Africa blogs, were actually emails sent to friends and family. I didn't know much about blogs at the time, but now I do. Hello all! I have a few hours in a very small town while waiting for the tour company to take me on Safari to the Ngorongoro Crater. Today I go to the crater rim and stay in the Crater Wildlife Lodge. I hear it's absolutely breathtaking there. Tomorrow we go into the crater and I'm hoping to see "the big five" ... elephants, lions, rhinos, hippos, and cheetas plus a few other animals we can only see in zoos in the States. I'll be in the crater for the summer solstice... except that it's winter here. Originally, my brother and his family were supposed to come with
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